Tuffey believes the Bannsiders example of blending youth and experience is a great recipe for success, and a great example for other clubs to follow.

“When you have continuity and belief in yourselves and you add the quality young players who are hungry and have no fear along with one or two older heads to steady the ship I think that’s a great balance.

“Coleraine have shown that for the last 18 months or so and it’s great for the other clubs to see.”

Bannsiders boss Rodney McAree believes his players need to stop worrying about league positions and start focusing on enjoying their football again.

McAree feels the players’ frustration at drawing games, but said it is putting more pressure on them with every game they play.

“The next game is against the league leaders and you don’t want to be going into that match too down on yourself,” he said.

“We are more than capable of winning that game, and if we do win it we will be four points behind Glenavon, which isn’t a bad position to be in.

“There are no trophies handed out at the end of September.

“We could go and win the next four games and suddenly you’ve 12 points in the bag.

“But let’s just take one game at a time and look forward to it.”

The Bannsiders are unbeaten at home since December 2016 and McAree says to maintain that they need to be relaxed going into games.

“The unbeaten run is in the back of everyone’s mind,” he said. “But Coleraine are unbeaten because they deserve to be.

“Within that run I’ve no doubt they have probably rode their luck a little.

“But the players deserve to enjoy the success of being unbeaten for so long.

“There’s no doubt the run will come to an end at some stage, it has to. But we have to focus on trying to make sure it doesn’t come around too soon. We can do that by enjoying our football.”